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Margie Goldsmith

Margie Goldsmith, a Lowell Thomas Journalist of the Year, has won 101 creative
writing awards, visited 146 countries on seven continents, and written about them
all. She has published over 1,500 articles for various publications, is the author of
two published books, and has created, with America’s most award-winning blues
band, two albums as a singer/songwriter, Margie Goldsmith an Friends, Part One
and Two. Her memoir, BADASS: From Fearful to Fierce is presently being pub-
lished week by week on Substack.

Brian Clark

Brian Clark is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer and photographer who likes
to ski, kayak, scuba dive, bicycle and sail as often he can. A former staff writer
for The San Diego Union-Tribune, he now contributes to a number of publica-
tions.

Kitty Morse
Kitty Morse is a Casablanca-born food and travel writer, speaker, and author of 11
cookbooks, five of them on the cuisine of her native Morocco. Her memoir, Mint
Tea and Minarets: a banquet of Moroccan memories, and its French translation,
Le Riad au Bord de l’Oued, are both recipients of a Gourmand World Award. http-
s://www.kittymorse.com.

Michael Burge

Michael Burge is an award-winning journalist who worked for many years as an
assistant metro editor and senior writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Michael and his wife, Kathleen, have logged countless miles visiting adult chil-
dren in Asia and Scotland. The couple met as Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya, so
they have no one to blame but themselves for their globe-trotting offspring.

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